“Calabasas Confidential” premieres May 29 on Netflix — and one cast member who will have people Googling before the first episode even ends is Hercy Miller. Here is everything to know.
He Is Master P’s Son
Hercy Miller is the son of rap legend Master P — born Percy Robert Miller Sr. — and rapper Sonya C. Growing up in one of hip-hop’s most iconic families, basketball was as much a part of the Miller household as music. Master P played preseason games with the Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors in the 1990s. Hercy’s older brother Romeo played two seasons at USC. Hercy was always next.
The HBCU Decision That Made Headlines
Before Hercy was a reality TV cast member, he was a nationally recruited high school basketball player — and he made one of the most talked-about college decisions of 2021.
According to Andscape, Hercy, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, passed over LSU, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, Missouri, and Arizona to commit to Tennessee State University — a historically Black college in Nashville.
“Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been taught to be a leader and not follow the crowd. I want to make a change. I want to make a difference,” Hercy told ESPN at the time. “People think that you just need to go to a big school to become a pro or just to be great and that’s not true.”
Master P backed the decision fully. “I think this is bigger than just going to a school and bigger than basketball. What Hercy is doing is going to change the game and I think a lot of great players are going to want to go to HBCUs,” he said.
The $2 Million Endorsement
Before Hercy even enrolled at Tennessee State, he signed a $2 million brand ambassador deal with tech company Web Apps America — one of the first major NIL-style deals of its kind, tied to the company’s commitment to supporting HBCUs, according to CBS Sports. Master P called it a game changer for college athletes.
The Basketball Career
The college career was complicated by injury. Hercy suffered a hip injury early in his freshman year at Tennessee State, appeared in just six games, and entered the transfer portal. He then walked on at Xavier, did not play after his coach was fired, and eventually landed at Louisville — before later transferring to Southern Utah, where he scored 18 points off the bench in one outing, per FOX Sports.
The journey through four programs over several years told the story of a talented player whose career never quite found its footing after the injury.
Now: ‘Calabasas Confidential‘
Given his family name, his HBCU story, and the path that brought him here, Hercy Miller arrives at “Calabasas Confidential” with more of his own story than most people realize. The HBCU decision alone — turning down Vanderbilt, UCLA, and LSU to make a statement about what those schools represent — was a moment that had nothing to do with his father’s name and everything to do with his own convictions.
The $2 million endorsement deal followed because of that choice, not despite it.
The basketball career had its setbacks, but the narrative he built around it was his.
Whatever “Calabasas Confidential” brings, Hercy Miller is not walking in as someone’s son. He is walking in as someone with a story worth watching.
“Calabasas Confidential” premieres May 29 on Netflix.
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